If I had to express in one word what makes their personalities different from others, it's complexity. They show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. They contain contradictory extremes; instead of being an "individual," each of them is a "multitude."
' ... instead of being an "individual," each of them is a "multitude.'
Dana: I want you inside me.
Venkman: Go ahead! No, I can’t, sounds like you’ve
already got at least two people in there already.
Might be a little crowded.
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Here is a much less superficial article from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist who has extensively studied highly creative people:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199607/the-creative-...
If I had to express in one word what makes their personalities different from others, it's complexity. They show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. They contain contradictory extremes; instead of being an "individual," each of them is a "multitude."
I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman
' ... instead of being an "individual," each of them is a "multitude.'